At one point I came to a whole line of lorries and cars and even motos were stopped. But it wasn't the border but a recent crash and everyone was patiently waiting for it to be cleared.
I pulled off to find a way through and surprised myself with the complete absence of Servo assistance to the brakes
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So I stopped worrying about fuel and moved onto brakes. Resolution: consult the uk GSer fountain of knowledge that evening!
The road all that morning had been very bad with lots of rutted and sandy pistes where extensive roadworks were going on. But I could see no signs of physical damage despite the rough going.
So I kept on going, honing my observation skills in the growing heat. I spent over an hour navigating the confusing Burkina Togo frontier checkpoint and was welcomed into Togo - my VTE visa from Benin worked again (as it did in Burkina). Interesting that no one asked about driver’s license or insurance- again! The official issuing my 1 month laisser passer (an expensive 7000CFA or €10) was more concerned with fixing his stapler which he failed to do over a 10 minute period!
Despite all this Idid. It manage to return my BF laisser passer so that's a second country (along with Mali) that my Moto has not officially exited.
Sorry for absence of photos but I was was concentrating on my riding and kept going until Sokode in Togo where I met Emanuel, a young Togolese who directed me to the agreeable if pricey Hotel Central which, being Africa, was actually on outskirts of town
. I got a family size rondavel with air con and managed to negotiate the price down to 30€ including a good breakfast.
Apart from the dirt roads in the morning (and some tussles with wet tarmac in an attempt to avoid deep sand
) it was a great ride with a lot of mountain bends and good to see hills and increased jungle
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